£1,638
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
越南 黎或陳朝 青釉刻纏枝紋荷葉蓋碗
the wide rounded body supported on a short ring foot rising to a gently everted mouth, carved around the body with scrolling tendrils between three bands on mouth and lotus petals above foot, the lotus-leaf form cover with undulating rim similarly decorated and surmounted with a vine finial, covered overall with a greyish green glaze
Provenance: OAG (Oriental Art Gallery Ltd.), 1993 (according to collector's inventory).
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: Cer.124.
Note: The glaze colour of Vietnamese celadons is never the pure bluish green compared to the Chinese kinuta type celadons, whereas the yellowish or olive tinge is more common. In terms of form, while copying Chinese models, the Vietnamese potters made their own innovations and injected new elements into their products and, like the present lot, more richly decorated with incised and carved decoration. The lotus leaf form cover with foliated and rolled up edges can also be found in Chinese originals. Observes J. Stevenson & J. Guy in Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, Chicago: Art Media Resources, 1997, pp. 129-139.
Several comparable covered bowls in similar form, with various carved decorations, are illustrated in ibid. pl. 122-125. Also compare to a covered ewer, Le or Tran dynasty, 13th-14th century, note the similarity of carved decoration, lotus leaf form cover and the finial, is in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession no. 2001.4.67a,b.
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